Improvement in plows



J. M. BAS'SETT.

Plow.

No. 197,006. Patented Nov. 13, I877.

ATTORNEYS.

fnERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WISHINGTON. O C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JoHN M. BASSETT, or ATHENS, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,006, dated November 13, 1877 application filed July 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MoTT BASSETT,

of Athens, in the county of Clarke and State Figure 1 is a side view of a plow to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved plow-stock which shall be so constructed that the standard can be easily adjusted to give any desired pitch to the plow, and can be readily adjusted to any desired part of the beam, as the character of the plowing, the Wish of the plowman, or the kind of plow used may require.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing, and then pointed out in the claim.

A represents the plow-beam, to the forward end of which the draft is applied, and to the rear end of which are attached the handles B.

O is the plow-standard, which is made double or branched, thelowerparts of said branches The upper parts of the branches aie made with an outward offset or bend, so that they may pass up upon the opposite sides of the beam A, and are curved forward, as shown in Fig. 1.

The branches of the standard 0 are secured to the opposite sides of the beam A by the clamp, which is formed of the bow-E and the yoke F. The bow E is passed diagonally around the beam A and the standard 0, and the yoke F is secured upon its ends by nuts, so as to clamp the said standard securely to the said beam.

With this construction,by looseningthe nuts of the clamp E F and moving the standard (3 slightly up or down, the pitch of the plow may be adjusted as required. This construction also enables the standard 0 to'be moved forward or back upon the beam A, as may be required.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of beam A, forwardlycurved standard 0, and clamp E Fysubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN MOTT BASSETT.

Witnesses:

A. A. BELL, O. H. FLEMING. 

